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Annual Luncheon

Sponsorship Opportunities

View our 2025 Annual Luncheon sponsorship opportunities to see how you or your organization can support this year’s event.

Why Sponsor?

Young child playing with string toyStart Early’s Annual Luncheon provides an exclusive opportunity for a sponsor – whether a business or individual – to demonstrate its commitment to youth and families to hundreds of noteworthy individuals.

As an event sponsor you will also:

  • Demonstrate commitment to providing early learning opportunities to young children, primarily those born into under-resourced communities, and their families
  • Access to an A-list group of registrants, such as business, civic and philanthropic leaders, donors, partners, Start Early’s Board of Directors and other sponsors with pre-event and post-event marketing and communications and in programming materials during the event

Click or scroll down to view sponsorship opportunities, benefits and a list of our past sponsors:

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities | Individual Sponsorship Opportunities

For sponsorship questions, email StartEarlyEvents@StartEarly.org.

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities

Presenting Sponsor | $100,000

  • Recognized as the Presenting Sponsor
  • Presenting designation and company logo below event title used in all Annual Luncheon printed and digital materials
  • 20 tickets to the event

Secure Your Sponsorship

Additional Benefits:

  • Recognized from podium during the event
  • Dedicated social media posts pre-luncheon – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram (distribution to approximately 36,000)
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Champion Sponsor | $50,000+

  • Recognition as a Start Early Champion Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event

Secure Your Sponsorship

Additional Benefits:

  • Recognized from podium during the event
  • Recognition in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Dedicated social media posts pre-luncheon – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram (distribution to approximately 36,000)
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Premier Sponsor | $25,000+

  • Recognition as a Premier Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event

Secure Your Sponsorship

Additional Benefits:

  • Recognition in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Dedicated social media posts pre-luncheon – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram (distribution to approximately 36,000)
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

 

Partner Sponsor | $10,000+

  • Recognition as a Partner Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event
  • Recognition in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Secure Your Sponsorship

Community Sponsor | $5,000+

  • Recognition as a Community Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event
  • Recognition in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Secure Your Sponsorship

Individual Sponsorship Opportunities

Presenting Sponsor | $100,000

  • Recognition as Start Early Presenting Sponsor
  • Presenting designation (name) below event title used in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials.
  • 20 tickets to the event

Secure Your Sponsorship

Additional Benefits:

  • Recognized from podium during the event
  • Dedicated social media posts pre-luncheon – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram (distribution to approximately 36,000)
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Champion Sponsor | $50,000+

  • Recognition as a Start Early Champion Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event

Secure Your Sponsorship

Additional Benefits:

  • Recognized from podium during the event
  • Name recognition on all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Dedicated social media posts pre-luncheon – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram (distribution to approximately 36,000)
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Premier Sponsor | $25,000+

  • Recognition as a Premier Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event

Secure Your Sponsorship

Additional Benefits:

  • Dedicated social media posts pre-luncheon – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram (distribution to approximately 36,000)
  • Name recognition in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Partner Sponsor | $10,000+

  • Recognition as a Partner Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event
  • Name recognition in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Secure Your Sponsorship

Community Sponsor | $5,000+

  • Recognition as a Community Sponsor
  • 10 tickets to the event
  • Name recognized in all Annual Luncheon printed & digital materials
  • Inclusion in Start Early Year in Review and on Donor Wall at Start Early Headquarters

Secure Your Sponsorship

2024 Annual Luncheon Sponsors

A special thank you to our corporate and individual sponsors whose commitment to our mission is helping more children reach their full potential.

PRESENTING

$100,000

The Hasten Foundation
Helen Zell


CHAMPION

$50,000

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Nancy & Steve Crown | The Crown Family
Diana & Bruce Rauner


PREMIER

$25,000

Joyce Foundation logo Oberhelman Foundation & Cullinan Properties, 2023 Annual Luncheon Sponsor
Peoples Gas, 2023 Annual Luncheon Sponsor Related Midwest, 2023 Annual Luncheon Sponsor

Tom Gimbel
Cari & Michael J. Sacks
Diana & Michael Sands


PARTNER

$10,000

Allstate Insurance Company
Noelle C. Brock, Brock Family Foundation
Kerri & Matthew Bruderman
Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Dave & Jane Casper
CME Group Foundation
Mary & Terry Dillon
Marilyn & Larry Fields
GCM Grosvenor
Cabray Haines & David Kiley
Harris Family Foundation
ITW
The Malkin Family
Charles & Brunetta Matthews
Northern Trust
Port Capital LLC
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Jeanne Rogers & Perry Sainati

Catherine Siegel
Linda & Michael Simon
Steans Family Foundation
Sunshine Charitable Foundation
Laura Thonn & Scott Sallee
Wilson/Garling Foundation


COMMUNITY

$5,000

Ellen Alberding & Kelly Welsh
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Baird
Susan & Stephen Baird
Jimmy & Eleni Bousis
Sarah Bradley & Paul Metzger
John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation
the Chicago Bulls
Erikson Institute
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein
Rachel & Devin Gross
Maxwell Gunnill
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Learning Resources
Ron Levin/Goldman Sachs
Elaine & Donald Levinson
Sharon Oberlander
Barbara & Dan O’Keefe
Plante Moran
Isabel & Charles Polsky
Protiviti
Rothkopf Family Charitable Foundation
Halee Sage & David Friedman
Shah Family Trust
Cheryl & Craig Simon
Sterling Bay
Ken & Kathy Tallering
Anne & John Tuohy
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need assistance while securing your sponsorship, please reach out to our team.

Email Our Team

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